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Nepal 'likely' to meet MDGs for HIV/AIDS

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 As the country gears up to celebrate the World AIDS Day , stakeholders have said that the prevalence of HIV among adults (age group of 15 to 49) is gradually decreasing and if the trend is maintained till 2015, the country is sure to meet the millennium development goals for HIV/AIDS.
The World Aids Day is marked every year on December 1 and has a theme of "Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation" for this year.
According to a report of the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC), which will be released on Sunday, the prevalence rate is now 0.28 percent (in 2012). It was 0.3 percent in 2011, 0.33 in 2010 and 0.39 in 2009. The prevalence rate looks into 15 to 49 years age group, which is more prone to being infected with the HIV.
The MDGs-6 has set fixed targets for HIV/TB and Malaria and other disease. The MDGs 6 has a target to halt and begin to reverse by 2015 the spread of HIV/AIDS, which has already been achieved in 2011. However, the progress needs to be maintained till 2015, the deadline set by the United Nations for all its member countries. While Goal 6B talks of achieving universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it, the Millennium Development Report-2013 published by the UNDP states the target is also likely to be achieved. "The percent of the population with advanced HIV infection that was receiving antiretroviral therapy increased by 37 percent to 29 percent over three years, but, at this rate, three years is not enough time for Nepal to reach its 80 percent target," the report states.
source-ekantipur.com

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